owlcollab / owlcollab/owltools

Why getOWLClassByIdentifierNoAltIds?

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Description

Why adding a method owltools.graph.OWLGraphWrapperExtended#getOWLClassByIdentifierNoAltIds(String), while it could have been handled directly in owltools.graph.OWLGraphWrapperExtended#getOWLClassByIdentifier(String, boolean) (the boolean argument was exactly for this)

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Read owltools.graph.OWLGraphWrapperExtended#getOWLClassByIdentifierNoAltIds(String) and getOWLClassByIdentifier(String, boolean) to understand why both entry points exist. Compare their behavior and call sites; done means reaching and documenting a clear API-design decision about whether the separate method is necessary.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
api, tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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